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The song B-Boy is Macklemore’s way of giving a shout out to the rappers who still put their passion into their practice while examining why other rappers don’t do the same. Macklemore wants to preserve the art of rap from the corruptive influence of money.

ACCEPTED SUGGESTION: This is NOT a song about rappers. This is a song for all the B-boys and B-girls first and for those who do it for the love second. Macklemore says “This is an ode to the B-boy, B-girl”. For those that don’t know, they are the dancers who are breaking. Like Crazy Legs, the Rock Steady Crew, the New York City Breakers etc.